Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century
Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century
edited by Mauricio Espinoza, Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez and Ignacio Sarmiento
University of Arizona Press, 2023
ISBNs
Cloth: 978-0-8165-5192-7
Paper: 978-0-8165-5191-0
eISBN: 978-0-8165-5193-4 (OA)
About the Book
The reality of Central American migrations is broad, diverse, multidirectional, and uncertain. It also offers hope, resistance, affection, solidarity, and a sense of community for a region that has one of the highest rates of human displacement in the world.
Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century tackles head-on the way Central America has been portrayed as a region profoundly marked by the migration of its people. Through an intersectional approach, this volume demonstrates how the migration experience is complex and affected by gender, age, language, ethnicity, social class, migratory status, and other variables. Contributors carefully examine a broad range of topics, including forced migration, deportation and outsourcing, intraregional displacements, the role of social media, and the representations of human mobility in performance, film, and literature. The volume establishes a productive dialogue between humanities and social sciences scholars, and it paves the way for fruitful future discussions on the region’s complex migratory processes.
Contributors
Guillermo Acuña
Andrew Bentley
Fiore Bran-Aragón
Tiffanie Clark
Mauricio Espinoza
Hilary Goodfriend
Leda Carolina Lozier
Judith Martínez
Alicia V. Nuñez
Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez
Manuel Sánchez Cabrera
Ignacio Sarmiento
Gracia Silva
Carolina Simbaña González
María Victoria Véliz
Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century tackles head-on the way Central America has been portrayed as a region profoundly marked by the migration of its people. Through an intersectional approach, this volume demonstrates how the migration experience is complex and affected by gender, age, language, ethnicity, social class, migratory status, and other variables. Contributors carefully examine a broad range of topics, including forced migration, deportation and outsourcing, intraregional displacements, the role of social media, and the representations of human mobility in performance, film, and literature. The volume establishes a productive dialogue between humanities and social sciences scholars, and it paves the way for fruitful future discussions on the region’s complex migratory processes.
Contributors
Guillermo Acuña
Andrew Bentley
Fiore Bran-Aragón
Tiffanie Clark
Mauricio Espinoza
Hilary Goodfriend
Leda Carolina Lozier
Judith Martínez
Alicia V. Nuñez
Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez
Manuel Sánchez Cabrera
Ignacio Sarmiento
Gracia Silva
Carolina Simbaña González
María Victoria Véliz
About the Author
Mauricio Espinoza is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American cultural studies at the University of Cincinnati.
Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez is a PhD student in literature at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany.
Ignacio Sarmiento is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American history at the State University of New York–Fredonia whose research focuses on postwar Central America and the Central American diaspora.
Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez is a PhD student in literature at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany.
Ignacio Sarmiento is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American history at the State University of New York–Fredonia whose research focuses on postwar Central America and the Central American diaspora.
Reviews
“This edited volume explores Central American twenty-first century migration by engaging the ways in which the stories and realities of migrants are told, represented, and disseminated. An important read.”—Natalia Deeb-Sossa, co-editor of Latinx Belonging
“The thirteen chapters in the critical anthology Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century offer a timely approach to understanding the multiple directions of Central American migrations as well as important insights into the varied ways that the Central American diasporas survive and organize.”—Alicia Estrada, co-editor of U.S. Central Americans
"Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century serves as a vital resource for interdisciplinary scholars and Central American studies experts, providing nuanced insights into the contextual, systemic, cultural, and political dimensions of migration derived from authentic testimonios. The volume invites further discourse on the interplay of its diverse essays, making it an indispensable contribution to the field.”—Iris Ramirez, Journal of American Ethnic History— -
“The thirteen chapters in the critical anthology Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century offer a timely approach to understanding the multiple directions of Central American migrations as well as important insights into the varied ways that the Central American diasporas survive and organize.”—Alicia Estrada, co-editor of U.S. Central Americans
"Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century serves as a vital resource for interdisciplinary scholars and Central American studies experts, providing nuanced insights into the contextual, systemic, cultural, and political dimensions of migration derived from authentic testimonios. The volume invites further discourse on the interplay of its diverse essays, making it an indispensable contribution to the field.”—Iris Ramirez, Journal of American Ethnic History— -
Tags
Central America, Emigration and immigration, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Immigration & Emigration, 21st century, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Social Science, History
Open Access Information
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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